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G. A. Henry
President
Biography
Gustavus Adolphus Henry (1804-1880) was a Whig Party leader and a law school classmate of future Confederate President Jefferson Davis. Henry, nicknamed the “Eagle Orator of Tennessee,” ran for governor of Tennessee in 1853, an election he lost to Democrat Andrew Johnson. During the Civil War, he served for three years in the Confederate Senate.
Robert West Humphreys
President
Biography
Robert W. Humphreys (1824-1878), a Montgomery County native, was a prominent lawyer in Clarksville, Tennessee.
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John P. Ilsley
Superintendent
Biography
In early March 1860, the railroad’s board elected J.P. Ilsley as the road’s new superintendent.
“From all we learn of this gentleman, the Board has made a wise selection. As a reliable business man, we presume (he) has but few superiors. From his long connection with railroad affairs, he will doubtless prove a great acquisition to the Company.”